has done a bad job adjusting to where the business environment is headed. we see stagnating revenue, we see things actually getting worse next year relative to what analysts expected and that's not necessarily something cost cutting can save in and of itself. >> tom: those job cuts will total 29,000 when they're done. h.p. also vowed to reduce the number of products it sells, and c.e.o. whitman said the biggest challenge has been c.e.o. turnover. she's the third chief executive in as many year. h.p.'s news hit others with stakes in the personal computer business. dell stock fell 4.8% hitting a three-and-a-half year low. semiconductor maker intel was down 1.3%. meantime, home improvement retailer home depot continues building its share price. it was the best percentage gainer of the dow industrials, up 2.4%, closing at an eleven- and-a-half year high. optimism surrounding the housing market has clearly helped home depot, and today's data on job creation helps optimism about housing. we saw that with several homebuilr stocks. lear jumped 6.9%, d.r. horn gaine